Profiles/Success Stories

By David Nickle David Miller is a newcomer to the office of Mayor of Toronto. He was a Councillor in Toronto since 1994 but it was only last November, after a hard-fought election, that he became Toronto's second mayor.

After learning English as my second language, and working for years in the translating and teaching professions in China, I’ve always felt fortunate and grateful for how wonderfully languages have empowered me with knowledge and strength,…

by Chen Bo Chen Bo is 71 years old. This article has appeared previously in Chinese, but this is its first English language publication. My wife and I are both engineers who worked together in a high technical institute for over 20 years.…

Mohammad Iqbal Khan is part of a vast army of researchers that has been pursuing the Holy Grail of the computer world: artificial intelligence. Artificial intelligence, or AI, is the ability of machines to duplicate intelligent behaviour,…

By Sabine Ehgoetz Sabine Ehgoetz currently lives in Toronto where she works as a freelance journalist, foreign correspondent and translator. In December 2005 she will celebrate her first anniversary as a Canadian resident.

by Mumtaz Virani Mumtaz Virani has many degrees and certificates including Islamic Studies, Education, and Sociology with specialization in Women’s Studies. For seven years she has worked with immigrant and refugee women, mostly from…

by Abdirahman Hosh Jibril & Mohamud Dhafuuje About 15 years ago, Dahir Hashi came to Canada as a refugee from Somalia. He had minimal formal education and very little comprehension of the English language. He attended ESL classes to…

Michael was born in Odessa, in the former Soviet Union and immigrated to Canada in 2001. He has two scientific degrees earned in Russia, including a doctor of science. He has more than 100 scientific publications and in 2006 his humor book…

By Aruna Papp, MA, ADR, Med Aruna Papp is Executive Director at The CARE Centre for Internationally Educated Nurses in Toronto. Last weekend I met with someone I had not seen in 25 years. As new immigrants, both our families were in the…

by Teenaz Javat Zareer Divecha, Gooli Mama and Fariba Sahraei are a few individuals on a long list of immigrants who came to Canada as professionals in their chosen fields and had to change their careers. They came from Pakistan, Iran and…